Olive Wood & Glass Bead Tau Stretch Bracelet

Colorful Olive Wood Tau Cross Bracelet

This handmade bracelet from Assisi features olive wood beads with colorful glass beads and an olive wood Tau cross.  It has a medal with a color picture of St. Francis on one side and praying hands on the other.

The Tau is an ancient representation of the cross.  It is also the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet and is thought to be the sign with which Ezekiel marked those chosen by God (Ex 9:4). St. Francis loved the meaning of the Tau so much he signed his letters with this symbol.  When a Franciscan friar wears a habit and stands with his hands outstretched, he becomes a Tau, a living Tau.  The Tau is a distinctive Franciscan symbol.

Made in Assisi.